Joe would love the film!
Posted on 12/28/2020 7:40:50 AM PST by Kaslin
John Wayne did Red River in 1948, he did the main character quite well, then it was remade later with James Arness as the main character, I had to turn it off after about 15 minutes because I knew there was no way Arness could be as ruthful to fit into that character.
I thought Campbell was pretty bad, but he was not a deal-breaker for me. I thought Ricky Nelson was pretty bad in Rio Bravo, but not bad enough to sink the movie.
You forgot the cover of Roger Stone and the missus.
Always been a bat boy fan.
Excellent post!
Hanks is a lowlife scumbag.
Hanks is a lowlife scumbag.
Joe would love the film!
I just found out somebody remade Eastwood’s “The Beguiled”.
Why would you DO that??
/Hanks gives me the creeps
I’ve been doing a lot of genealogical research and just finished reading a history of Red Deer, Alberta near where my ancestors homesteaded in the 1880s.
This movie sounded promising at first, but the Woke Meets the American West theme leaves me cold. I want to go to movies and read books to get AWAY from Woke crap.
I’m surprised they put Tom Hanks in the star role. It would have been even more Woke if they’d put a tough frontier woman in that role.
I’ll probably watch it, but be ready to hurl at every new Woke theme that gets put on display.
I think Hanks wanted it because it had to do with little girls...
At least Glen Campbell was not in the new version to ruin the entire movie. He was NOT and actor.
Photos like that always leave me cold, too, because of their lack of realism. Riding an open wagon on rutted dusty roads or cross-country and they have on just-laundered clothes with nary a spot of dust, dirt, or grime. People traveled extremely light and had, at best, one change of clothes. A couple of weeks on the trail through the desert and scrub and you’d be covered head to toe in dirt, filth, weed stickers, and brush bits.
Three to things to look for in Westerns — is the campfire fueled by propane and not real burning wood; are the clothes dirty and threadbare; and are the characters saying “Yo...wuss up dawg?...Nuttin’, just hangin’ bro.”
**Yes 2020 political correctness in 1870 destroyed this movie! And news flash to the producer /director and cinematographer, there are NO MOUNTAINS between Wichita Falls and Dallas!! And the Hill Country is not that close to Dallas!! More like Fake News of the World !!**
Being a truck driver, I laugh about that about those movie geographical inconsistancies. But, beside that point, the realism in tv and movie making somehow requires a ‘soundtrack’ of music. I’m not mocking well playing musical instruments; it’s just that I’m a realist. In all my years of riding a horse and working/herding cattle, there was never any background music.
I agree. Never could stand the guy.
**Photos like that always leave me cold, too, because of their lack of realism.**
Oh come on man! (Heard that somewhere before)
At least the brim of his hat is a bit rumpled.
Then during the 1970s, it became common to throw TV actors into recording music albums, almost always with disastrous results. I present as examples Willie Aames, John Travolta, and the Brady Bunch.
Anyway, I liked the 2010 remake by Coen Brothers. Both that and the original version are classics.
Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford are starting to look like brothers. I guess all grumpy old men look alike.
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